Moment quotes

“I know they're only moments, but that's all life is. Just a bunch of moments. Most of them are lousy... but once in a while, you steal a good one.”

Lesley Ann Warren - Molly

“I have been looking for that flash. I've been looking and I've been looking, and I can't find it. What if it already happened, you know? My moment! What if it already happened and I didn't see it?”

Jeremy Piven - Michael Berkow

“In a war there are many moments for compassion and tender action. There are many moments for ruthless action, what is often called ruthless, what may in many circumstances be only clarity, seeing clearly what there is to be done and doing it, directly, quickly, awake, looking at it.”
Martin Sheen - Captain Benjamin L. Willard

“Yesterday at the market, I saw a couple holding hands... and I realized we'll never do that. Never anything like it. No picnics or unguarded smiles. No rings. Just... stolen moments that leave too quickly.”

Sophia Myles - Isolde

“- Marvin Ringer: Mr. Quint and I go back a ways. We used to be... in competition?
- Quint: I never considered you competition, Marvin.
- Marvin Ringer: That's not nice, Quint. We had our moments.
- Quint: You must have had yours in private.”
Lee Ving - Marvin Ringer
Tommy Lee Jones - Quint

“- Sister Beatrice: What do you seek?
- Casanova: A moment that lasts a lifetime.”
Lauren Cohan - Sister Beatrice

“You always told me if I ever got a shot at a big score, I should take it. And that's what I did.”

Sam Rockwell - Frank Mercer

“A whole human life is just a heartbeat here in heaven.”
Robin Williams - Chris Nielsen

“When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment... or the moment defines you.”
Kevin Costner - Roy McAvoy

“- Harold: You hop in any car you want and just drive off?
- Maude: Well, not any car, I like to keep a variety. I'm always looking for the new experience.
- Harold: Maybe… Nevertheless, I think you're upsetting people. I don't know if that's right.
- Maude: Well, if some people get upset because they feel they have a hold on some things, I'm...” (continue)(continue reading)
Bud Cort - Harold
Ruth Gordon - Maude

“- Roman: I was picking my moment.
- Chet: You were picking your nose.”
Dan Aykroyd - Roman Craig

“We've discovered that a single moment in time can be a universe in itself, full of powerful forces. Most people aren't aware enough of the now to even notice.”
Donna Murphy - Anij

“- Almásy: When were you most happy?
- Katharine Clifton: Now.
- Almásy: And when were you least happy?
- Katharine Clifton: Now.”
Ralph Fiennes - Almásy
Kristin A. Scott Thomas - Katharine Clifton

“If you take away the horror of the scene, take away the tragedy of the death, take away all the moral and ethical implications that have been drilled into your head since grade one, do you know what you're left with? A 105-pound problem that needs to be moved from point A to point B.”
Christian Slater - Robert Boyd

“Most people have a full measure of life... and most people just watch it slowly drip away. But if you can summon it all up... at one time... in one place... you can accomplish something... glorious.”
Sir Sean Connery - Ramírez

We just don't recognize life's most significant moments while they're happening. Back then I thought, "well, there'll be other days". I didn't realize that that was the only day.
Burt Lancaster - Dr. Archibald 'Moonlight' Graham

- Stokely: Is this usually the point where someone says "Let's get the fuck outta here"?
- Stan: Let's get the fuck outta here.
Clea DuVall - Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell
Shawn Hatosy - Stan Rosado

“There are moments which mark your life. Moments when you realize nothing will ever be the same and time is divided into two parts, before this, and after this... Sometimes you can feel such a moment coming. That's the test, or so I tell myself. I tell myself that at times like that, strong people keep moving forward anyway, no matter what...” (continue)(continue reading)
Denzel Washington - John Hobbes